ESSEX HEALTH PROTECTION UNIT Part of the INFECTION CONTROL GUIDELINES CARE HOMES Issued January 2004 Revised April 2006 and December 2007 2 ESSEX HEALTH PROTECTION UNIT INFECTION CONTROL GUIDELINES FOR CARE HOMES SECTION B – INFECTION‚ ITS CAUSES AND SPREAD 1. The Causes of Infection An understanding of commonly encountered mi cro-organisms is essential for good infection control practice. Micro-organism s that cause disease are referred to as pathogenic organisms.
Premium Infectious disease Infection
Health Prevention September 15‚ 2013 Health Prevention Health promotion according to World Health Organization‚ “Is the process of enabling people to increase control over‚ and to improve their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behavior towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions.” In this assignment I have chosen three articles talking about the different health promotions. I will start with my article on teen suicide and primary prevention‚ then stroke
Free Public health Nursing Stroke
Preventing Infection INFECTION The invasion or colonization of the body by pathogenic microorganisms The presence of a particular type of microorganism in a part of a body where it is not normally found and may lead to a disease Microorganism A small (micro) living plant or animal that cannot be seen without the aid of a microscope A microbe Contributions TYPES of Microorganism Bacteria Fungi Protozoa Algae Viruses Multicellular Animal Parasites BACTERIA Very small‚ simple‚ unicellular
Premium Infection Bacteria Microorganism
2.1 Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of personal factors There are 5 main personal factors that can influence a child’s development‚ these are:- Health If a child is in poor health then this will have an impact on their development. For example‚ a child with uncontrolled asthma or cystic fibrosis may not be able to run around and be as active as their peers. Therefore‚ this would mean that his physical development might not be the same. Not being able
Premium Developmental psychology Disability Learning
Horblit Health Sciences Library Nursing Middle Range Theory & Applications visit the Library for articles on these theories Middle Range Theory Theorist/s Idea Application Acute Pain Management (Adults) Goode & Moore Complementary Nursing Therapies for Pain and Stress: Relaxation and Music for Postoperative Pain; Stress and Immunity; and Integrated Research Reviews. CHANGE study Great Lakes GIT Provide clinicians with prescriptions for pain reduction and a conceptual basis for pain interventions
Premium Nursing Nursing theory
respect anger is like drunkenness. It tends to destroy prudence. Where the intoxication of anger is complete‚ prudence disappears altogether. Then the way is clear for infamy. There are some people who‚ when they have once yielded to anger‚ lose all control. They snatch any weapon within reach. If they cannot strike with things they will strike with
Premium Human Consciousness Anger
UNIT15 1.1 IDENTIFY THE RANGE OF EARLY YEARS SETTINGS AND HOW THEY REFLECT THE SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THE SECTOR: In the uk there are a variety of Early Years settings. Depending on the individual family needs‚ parents have a choice. Nurseries full or part time provide a safe environment where children play and learn new experiences whle the parents are at work. Also for parents that work a more homelike environment may be preferable‚ so child minders that look after a small number of children
Premium Childhood Family The Child
NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS Nosocomial Infection is an infection that occurs in a hospital of hospital-like setting. Approximately 10% of American hospital patients contract this infection. There are three factors as to why nosocomial infection exists: 1. A high prevalence of pathogens. 2. A high prevalence of compromised hosts. 3. Efficient mechanisms of transmission from patient to patient. These three factors alone lead not just to a higher chance of transmission
Premium Bacteria Sepsis Nosocomial infection
Growth and development are dependent on many factors with some affecting some children more than others. The impact can be positive as well as negative. For example‚ the opposite of poverty is wealth and a child growing up in a home with no financial worries may be well fed and clothed and have lots of opportunities for educational development. However‚ these advantages can lose their impact if the child does not have a loving and supportive family. Young children can be affected by many social
Premium Childhood Developmental psychology Child development
Levels of Prevention Public health focuses on prevention emphasizing conditions and diseases affecting an entire population hoping to improve community health. The public health community changed attitudes toward family violence. For years‚ family violence was seen as a private issue‚ but in 1979‚ the Surgeon General of the United States called the public health community to arms‚ identifying the devastating effects of family violence. The premise is that violent behavior‚ and associated consequences
Premium Public health Domestic violence Violence